10 Steps To The Development Of A Hypnotic Mastery Coach

Unlike other "Hypnotic" Coaching Training Schools who include a "brief" course on hypnosis as part of their instruction and then the very "basics" of coaching instruction - we in fact follow the coaching mastery guidelines for coaches determined by the International Association of Coaches (IAC). The goal of our programme is not only to teach you to integrate your training in hypnosis but to also prepare you to challenge the elite IAC exam. Do we guarantee you will pass? No, that's not in our power to do, that's completely up to the IAC examiners. What we do is provided you Hypnotic Coaching Certification through the International Association of Counsellors and Therapist (IACT) and Hypnotic Mastery Coaching Certification through Dream Facilitators (DF-CHMC) on successful completion of your training as well as triple your odds of passing the IAC exam on your first attempt.

Compare the areas of knowledge you will obtain through our training programme to what other hypnotic coaching schools will provide.

Step 1. Establishing and maintaining a relationship of trust

Definition:

Ensuring a safe space and supportive relationship for personal growth, discovery and transformation.

Effect:

The client is open to sharing and receiving.
The client perceives the coach as his or her personal advocate.
The client sees transformation and growth as manageable.
The client has realistic expectations of results and responsibilities of coaching.

Key Elements:

Mutual respect and acceptance.
Confidence and reassurance.
The client feels safe to tell his or her deepest fears without judgment.

Step 2. Perceiving, affirming and expanding the client’s potential

Definition:

The coach recognizes and helps the client to acknowledge and appreciate his or her strengths and potential.

Effect:

The client has greater appreciation of his or her capabilities and potential.
The client is more willing to take actions beyond his or her current paradigms.

Key Elements:

Being in empathy with the client.
Recognizing a wider range of possibilities.
Encouraging and empowering the client.
Challenging limiting beliefs.
Recognizing strengths of client and awareness of where strengths support personal and organizational goals (where appropriate).

Step 3. Engaged listening

Definition:

Give full attention to the words, nuances, and unspoken meaning of the client's communication and is more deeply aware of the client by listening beyond what the client is able to articulate.

Effect:

The client feels understood and validated—not judged.
The client communicates more effortlessly and resourcefully.

Key Elements:

The coach focuses on what the client expresses, both verbally and nonverbally.
The coach listens beyond what the client articulates.
The coach is alert to discrepancies between what the client is saying (words) and the client’s behavior and/or emotions.

Step 4. Processing in the present

Definition:

Focus full attention on the client, processing information at the level of the mind, body, heart and/or spirit, as appropriate. The coach expands the client’s awareness of how to experience thoughts and issues on these various levels, when and as appropriate. The coach utilizes what is happening in the session itself (client’s behavior, patterns, emotions, and the relationship between coach and client, etc.) to assist the client toward greater self-awareness and positive, appropriate action.

Effect:

The client is free to express and engage with present reality.
The client is unencumbered by past or future preoccupations or concerns.
The client benefits from coaching insight and support on all levels.
The coach is highly attuned to subtle communications from the client.

Key Elements:

The coach is aware of the dynamics occurring within the session, within the client, and between coach and client, and understands how the dynamics are affecting the client and the coaching.
The coach has a simultaneous and holistic awareness of the client’s communications at all levels.
The coach is able to discern whether the client is communicating from the past, present or future.
The coach allows the client the opportunity to process and clarify the coach’s questions and comments.
The coach allows the client the opportunity to process his or her own thoughts and responses.

Step 5. Expressing

Definition:

Attention and awareness to how the coach communicates commitment, direction, intent, and ideas – and the effectiveness of this communication.

Effect:

The coaching interaction is enhanced with the client being at ease and trusting.
The client is open to understanding and/or questioning any communication from the coach.

Key Elements:

Respect.
Attentiveness.
Client-focused.
Clarity.
Appropriateness.

Step 6. Clarifying

Definition:

Reduce/eliminate confusion or uncertainty; increase understanding and the confidence of the client.

Effect:

The client and the coach move forward in a more directed way.
Increased possibilities.
Decreased uncertainty.
Uncovering the unknown.

Key Elements:

Identify the most important issue while respecting client’s preferences and limitations.
No judgment by the coach, no leading toward a particular destination.
Identify key values and needs.
Facilitate alignment of purpose, vision and mission.
Identify blocks to progress.

Step 7. Helping the client set and keep clear intentions

Definition:

Keeps the client focused and working towards intended goals.

Effect:

The client feels capable.
The client is clear about what he or she wants to achieve or transform.
The client is inspired by the possibilities.
The client moves forward purposefully.

Key Elements:

Inquiring into the client’s intentions and goals.
Time spent on what is most important.
Clarifying direction of progress.
Periodically reviewing, revising and/or celebrating the process and intentions.

Step 8. Inviting possibility

Definition:

Creating an environment that allows ideas, options and opportunities to emerge.

Effect:

The coach enables expansion of thoughts and actions.
The client’s awareness is expanded.
The coach helps client transcend barriers.
The client is willing to leave his/her comfort zone.
The client has more options.

Key Elements:

Trust, openness, curiosity, courage, and recognition of potential.
The coach and the client communicate through exploration and discovery.
Identify “internal” possibilities (e.g., personal greatness, higher purpose) and “external” possibilities (e.g., resources, memes).
Possibilities are generated by the coach, the client or a collaboration of the two.

Step 9. Helping the client create and use supportive systems and structures

Definition:

Helping the client identify and build the relationships, tools, systems and structures he or she needs to advance and sustain progress.

Effect:

The client is confident and secure in moving forward, knowing that resources are available or can be created.

Key Elements:

The coach suggests possible support systems and structures appropriate to the client’s needs.
The coach prompts the client to identify support systems and structures the client has but is not utilizing effectively.
The coach assists the client to identify areas in which the client feels a need for support and structure.
The client understands the value of appropriate support systems.
The client’s progress toward their goals or intentions is more sustainable.

Step 10. Establishing Hypnotic Integration

Definition:

Using visualization or imagination in ways that promotes greatness and helps the client see possibilities while overcoming road-blocks.

Effect:

The client is able of see the future in a different way.
The client can work through different scenarios in his/her mind.
Builds confidence in the client for choices made.
Assists the client in over-coming barriers and limiting beliefs.
Aids the client and coach in understanding the clients subconscious beliefs, values and attitudes

Key Elements:

The coach using a Perceptual Positions Exercise assists the client to see from several view points.
The coach using Time-Lines to assist in visualization of past greatness and future greatness to build confidence, reframe limiting beliefs, values and attitudes.
The client under the direction of the coach can elicit the beliefs and values that were limiting and the ones that will support the desired result (this could be done using Ego State/Parts Therapy, for example).

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